“公开性”有益于环境保护。至少,这是从莫斯科传来的信息。最近,有好几名苏联高级官员或被撤职,或被申斥。其原因是未能采取适当的措施保护苏联最大的两个淡水湖泊,使之免受工业污染的影响。这两个淡水湖,一个是西伯利亚的贝加尔潮,另一个是列宁格勒的主要饮用水源——拉多加湖。十年前,一位著名的苏联作家写道:在苏联看不到生态危机的迹象,而资本主义国家正 “Openness” is good for the environment. At least, this is the message from Moscow. Recently, several senior Soviet officials have been either dismissed or reprimanded. The reason for this is the failure to take appropriate measures to protect the two largest freshwater lakes in the Soviet Union from industrial pollution. The two freshwater lakes, one is Baikal Siberian tide, and the other is the main source of drinking water in Leningrad Lake Ladoga. Ten years ago, a prominent Soviet writer wrote: There is no sign of an ecological crisis in the Soviet Union, and capitalist countries are